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Hail, Holy Queen: The Mother of God in the Word of God

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Essential reading for all Catholics! Bestselling creator, Scott Hahn illuminates a fresh and enlightening perspective on Mary, Mother of God, and her central importance in the Christian faith.

In The Lamb’s Supper, Hahn explored the relationship between the Book of Revelation and the Roman Catholic Mass, deftly clarifying the most subtle of theological points with analogies and anecdotes from on a regular basis life. In Hail, Holy Queen, he employs the same accessible, entertaining style to demonstrate Mary’s essential role in Christianity’s redemptive message.

Most Christians know that the life of Jesus is foreshadowed right through the Old Testament. Through a close examination of the Bible, in addition to the work of both Catholic and Protestant scholars and clergy, Hahn brings to light the small but significant details showing that just as Jesus is the “New Adam,” so Mary is the “New Eve.” He unveils the Marian mystery at the heart of the Book of Revelation and reveals how it is foretold in the first actual pages of the Book of Genesis and in the story of King David’s monarchy, which speaks of a privileged place for the mother of the king.

Building on these scriptural and historical foundations, Hahn presents a new look at the Marian doctrines: Her Immaculate Conception, Perpetual Virginity, Assumption, and Coronation. As he guides modern-day readers through passages filled with mysteries and poetry, Hahn helps them rediscover the ancient art and science of reading the Scriptures and gain a more profound understanding of their truthfulness and relevance to faith and the practice of religion in the latest world.
Hail, Holy Queen: The Mother of God in the Word of God is theologian Scott Hahn’s follow-up to his bestselling The Lamb’s Supper. Like the previous book, Hail, Holy Queen melds autobiographical reflections, scriptural interpretation, and historical anecdotes in an accessible style to clarify some sophisticated points of Catholic theology. From the book’s first sentence (“For all my newfound piety, I used to be still fifteen years old, and all too conscious of ‘cool'”), the creator’s assured voice will capture the reader’s interest. Readers outside Catholicism who are mystified by the centrality of Mary in Catholic devotion, and Catholics who need to change into more knowledgeable and reflective about a central aspect of their faith, will be especially drawn to Hail, Holy Queen. Some of the book’s most interesting claims is Hahn’s contention that Marian devotion has shaped common ideas about motherhood. Hahn’s teenage consciousness of cool made him ashamed of his mother. That kind of shame, he argues, helps to shape many Christians’ ideas about Mary. And yet, citing John’s Gospel, Hahn writes, “As He hung dying on the cross, in His last will and testament, Jesus left us a mother.” Hail, Holy Queen charts a course from shame to respect and love. –Michael Joseph Gross

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